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    Native American female admitted with the diagnosis of Cellulitis. Her chief complaint of fever and vomiting that started at 1600 on 11/2/2016 with pain‚ swelling and redness in the right and left forearm. Patient reported shooting up Opana and using cocaine in the last 12 hours. Patient cleans her needles with Clorox and believes she may have injected Clorox into her right forearm. She also reports pain in the left forearm as well. The patient has no known drug allergy‚ no past medical history‚ but does

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    1. Which of the following statements most accurately represents the use of plant-based psychoactive substances? A. Plant-based psychoactive drugs are uncommon today and rarely used. B. Today marijuana is the only plant-based psychoactive substance that is still used. C. All plants that yield psychoactive substances are illegal today. D. About 4‚000 plants yield psychoactive substances‚ and the vast majority are not illegal. 2. The Gin Epidemic… E. is a myth

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    Jeff was mesmerized by the discussion of the forts‚ Indians‚ and Comacheria. Talking to Jeff they could see the excitement in his eyes‚ so they told him that if he ever got the courage up to come out they would give him a job with their company‚ the Saw-Horned Cattle Company. Cattle rustling was a big problem in the region‚ and so to distinguish their cows from others they would simply saw the long-horns off rather than branding them‚ hence the name. (Haley‚ 17) This lit a fire inside of Jeff

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    diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being."[3] Some of the commonly used drugs are: Caffeine Alcohol Nicotine Cannabis Cocaine Amphetamine Nitrites‚ poppers Cocaine Ecstasy LSD Magic mushrooms Solvents (aerosols‚ gases and glues) Minor tranquillizers (not prescribed) Heroin Crack cocaine Methamphetamine People use drugs for recreation‚ as a source of fun. It leads to many harmful symptoms like: hyperactivity‚ agitation‚ mood swings‚ irritability

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    doctors during medical operations. The first criminal law at the Federal level that illegalized the non-medical use of drugs was the Harrison Act in 1914. This law applied to drugs such as morphine‚ opium‚ and the derivatives of the coca leaf like cocaine. There was no mention of drugs such as marijuana‚ amphetamines or any hallucinogenic drugs that are used today (Tackling). The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 was created to prohibit the use of marijuana (Tackling). In 1956 the Daniel Act was

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    them have a very short memory‚ and you can tell the drugs have made them a lot slower by how they talk‚ or answer questions. They have a very slow reaction to everything you ask them or talk to them about. Most people who use crystal meth or crack cocaine‚ or coke usually lose a substantial amount of weight loss they are so addicted to the drugs that they are on they forget about simple things like cleaning their house‚ taking care of their kids‚ and also watching them‚ they are so addicted to the

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    Jimi Hendrix

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    either a cocaine addiction or bipolar disorder. I believe that his lyrics reveal his lack of pleasure in the music he once loved. The words “turn myself off” and “go on down‚ all the way down” are signs of severe depression or suicide. (Song‚ 2013) There is no mention of delusions of grandeur or uncontrollable rapidly changing thoughts which are symptoms of bipolar disorder according to the DSM-IV-TR (2000). Psychoactive substances‚ such as cocaine‚ mock symptoms of manic depression. Cocaine provides

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    The Measure of a True Western Hero What defines a true western hero? A typical western hero is usually a frontiersman‚ cowboy‚ or sometimes an authorative law abiding figure‚ such as a sheriff‚ who has qualities‚ ethics‚ morals‚ and talents that stand above common standards. What exactly are the qualities that separate the true western heroes from the character that has good intentions‚ but is not a true hero? In the classic Western film Stagecoach directed by John Ford‚ John Wayne’s character

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    with drugs in her late teens. First it was marijuana‚ all of her friends and even family members were smoking the drug. By the time she reached her earl y 20’s Sarah started experimenting with cocaine which eventually lead to her addiction to crack cocaine. By the time Sarah was addicted to crack cocaine she was already married and a mother of 4‚ one boy and three girls. Her son was 8 years old and the girls were ages 6‚ 5‚ and 3 years old. Her husband was not nor ever was a drug user. He loved

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    easiest way to group drugs and alcohol is by their similarities. Classifications and a few more common examples are as follows: central nervous system depressants (alcohol‚ sleeping pills‚ tranquilizers) ‚ central nervous system stimulants (nicotine‚ cocaine‚ amphetamines)‚ opioids (opium‚ codeine‚ heroin) hallucinogens (LSD‚ mushrooms‚ morning glory seeds‚ mescaline‚ pcp)‚ cannabinols (marijuana‚ hashish)‚ inhalants (industrial solvents or aerosols‚ gasoline‚ chloroform‚ airplane glue‚ metallic plants

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